COMMUNITY ARTS PROJECTS UK
2020 has been an incredibly demanding time for those we provide for.
In normal circumstances, CAP’s facilitators may visit prisoners on the wings to encourage them to participate in art from their cells. Typically Community Arts Projects would push whatever themes are relevant and provide vital art supplies for those who would otherwise not have access. This has proved to be a very effective way of keeping people positive, or actively engaged. Usually this kind of relationship-building activity captures the attention of a much larger slice of the prison community, thus bringing down idle, negative behaviour brought on through boredom, depression, mental illness or unfortunate circumstances.
During very difficult times recently, when all prisons and communities have been on ‘lock-down’.
Arts interventions 2020 & COVID 19
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During very difficult times recently, when all prisons and communities have been on ‘lock-down’ CAP has adapted all of it’s work to be focused on prison wide, in-cell art packs for residents who have had all other educational and physical activities withdrawn. Our team of facilitators have worked very hard behind the scenes to supply the wider prison communities with vital art supplies and materials. Due to the scale of need Community Arts Projects has reached out to the general art community to help provide for the need and has had great initial responses from community organisations like Sheppey Matters and individual artists and art connected folk. As a Community Arts provider it is an interesting position to find ourselves in the kinds of bridges we hope to build.
As of 18th April 2020, we have built up to 600 pack a week across 2 prisons, one male, one female. Our packs have included competitions, ‘how to draw’ print offs, fonts and ideas sheets, positive coping strategies and art materials including paper, coloured card, various types of pencils, pens and paints, chalk, charcoals, rubbers, rulers etc.
This type of provision forms part of our developing arm of Arts Interventions.